Which Graphics Card AGP ?

[Quam256]

Im looking at spending up to £100 on a card and would like some advice on what to go for in the £60 to £80 and the £80 to £100 in a Agp card.
Thanks in advance.

[MovedGoalPosts]

What do you have as the rest of your system, and what are you hoping that the GPU will be able to run?

just buy a 7600 GT for the ton

[Quam256]

I have a AMD Athlon 3200 and 1GB of memory ,I just want to drag as much as I can out of this unit before I have to start from scratch.

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

just buy a 7600 GT for the ton

were would that be from ?

The GT is slightly over budget but I wont recommend anything less>if you cant stretch over you could search for something similar like the GS maybe or the 6600GT from the normal sources ie scan micro direct overclockers etc

[DocDutch]

if you can stretch it to 160 then a juicy X1950Pro might just be for you

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119956 its still on pre-order tho

[Quam256]

WHat is the difference between the 7600 GT and the GS ?

Originally Posted by DocDutch

if you can stretch it to 160 then a juicy X1950Pro might just be for you

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119956 its still on pre-order tho

why go pro when you can have an xt for that
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-063-CO

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Originally Posted by Quam256

WHat is the difference between the 7600 GT and the GS ?

its quite a bit slower clocked

[Aragorn]

WHat is the difference between the 7600 GT and the GS ?

See here.

[Richy99]

i'd ebay for something like an ati x850XT

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

if you can stretch it to 160 then a juicy X1950Pro might just be for you

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119956 its still on pre-order tho

The X1950Pro is on my hitlist : It has excellent AVIVO capabilities not only that is a mid ranged GFX card which is the way to go it you want 2 years life out of your gfx card.

Pity the PCI-e version (sod the memory) is 30 quid cheaper : http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=326957

At 130 for a fairly good gfx card is good going.

This might also be of use (I haven't read it yet)

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/12/12..._the_money-uk/

And check the gfx charts..

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphi...=547&chart=196

be careful not to confuse XTX models with pro models theres a big difference

[DocDutch]

CrC .. .that card is on my wishlist to .. but am debating either to go for the asrock mobo and E6400 instead..dont know what to do really in 2 minds really either upgrade graph card (got X800XT) or go for C2D .... either way I'll spend 200 on it..shame tho with the asrock I can only use 1 gb of ram cuz I got 4x 512 in my machine as it is.

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

CrC .. .that card is on my wishlist to .. but am debating either to go for the asrock mobo and E6400 instead..dont know what to do really in 2 minds really either upgrade graph card (got X800XT) or go for C2D .... either way I'll spend 200 on it..shame tho with the asrock I can only use 1 gb of ram cuz I got 4x 512 in my machine as it is.

If it's gaming u want then the gfx card is the way to go. Multitasking C2D is your friend.

Remember the asrock mobo even though I have got it doesn't do the C2D / DDR2 platform justice it's just a temporary stepping stone. You will prolly be eyeing up a decent board after this C2D upgrade.

All depends what you have already ? With the asrock E6400 setup I have it feels like having 2xAthlonXP3200 under the hood (maybe faster but I haven't done a direct comparison). If the game u like playing just uses the 1 processor then you won't feel much difference.

[Quam256]

I am looking at the 7600 Gt but am trying to get it for a good price about a £100 any points of reference.

the cheapest ive seen is on pre order at scan they also had the next cheapest ive seen and there now out of stock lol